Astwood '10' 4/9/10 - lovely morning...but...

An early morning autumnal fog had just lifted to reveal a gorgeous time trialling morning - sunny and virtually still - as I rolled up the Astwood this morning for the 8th and final NBRC League event of 2010.  Unfortunately a week of insomnia and a 24 hour headache didn't really leave me feeling really up for the event.  In fact, had it not been for its league status, I might have given the event a miss (particularly as I was down to ride the North Midds and Herts CA '50' the following day).  Still, there I was, ready to give it  go. It had been a week or two since my last club time trial, and it was good to catch up with the guys again - some, like Geoff P. have been popping out some good times, while others seem to have hit the doldrums a bit (rather like I feel).  Anyway, being a late arrival I ended up as last man off at #10.  At the due moment off I went, and despite having to ease off for traffic joining the main roadgot off to a good start.  I rapidly found myself at >31mph.  "This won't last" I thought, and so it transpired. I really didn't feel able to give the event full whack, and indeed for the first half barely got my heart rate into level 3.  Things changed a bit further on, though not enough to rescue my ride - I ended up with 24:13, I think (results to follow).  Fastest on the day was Geoff Perry (TeamMK), with James Fox (Luton CC) close behind - a really good ride given James was on a road bike with no tri-bars. I still felt rubbish at the finish, and headed off home to go supermarket shopping.  In the parlance common in my previous club, I went like a bag of spanners.  Let's hope it goes better at tomorrow's '50'...